svtcontour
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So I used to have a silent PC running JRiver (actually I do still have it but its off) and it would feed a couple full sized or non mobile dacs. One was a Soncoz SGD1 and the other was an old DAT player I'd use as a DAC (sounded a tad warmer). I was feeding both out of a USB to SPDIF adapter that had an ASIO driver for windows.
Recently I was messing around with a better dongle DAC on my phone and I was kind of blown away (A Hidizs S8 Pro) and had an idea of using it as my main DAC in my home setup and see how it goes. I grabbed my old Samsung phone, installed Bubble UPNP so I could stream to it from my own phone and tablet (via Bubble UPNP as well - sources are local NAS and Qobuz).
Well, what can I say. I miss nothing out vs the full size DACs as far as fidelity, at least to my 54 year old ears LOL. As a result, I was able to move the small rack i had and I just put the sh%t on the floor and it looks fine and the corner that had the audio stuff feels a little more open.
I also ordered for messing around with, the Moon Drop Dawn Pro and it also sounds just as good. Maybe I'm crazy but I am totally good keeping things this way. If I still feel I'm missing nothing in a few months, I might sell my desktop DACs to be honest LOL.
Recently I was messing around with a better dongle DAC on my phone and I was kind of blown away (A Hidizs S8 Pro) and had an idea of using it as my main DAC in my home setup and see how it goes. I grabbed my old Samsung phone, installed Bubble UPNP so I could stream to it from my own phone and tablet (via Bubble UPNP as well - sources are local NAS and Qobuz).
Well, what can I say. I miss nothing out vs the full size DACs as far as fidelity, at least to my 54 year old ears LOL. As a result, I was able to move the small rack i had and I just put the sh%t on the floor and it looks fine and the corner that had the audio stuff feels a little more open.
I also ordered for messing around with, the Moon Drop Dawn Pro and it also sounds just as good. Maybe I'm crazy but I am totally good keeping things this way. If I still feel I'm missing nothing in a few months, I might sell my desktop DACs to be honest LOL.